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CVE-2026-89675

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix UAF in async copy cancel and shutdown An async copy could be freed or used after free while a teardown caller (OFFLOAD_CANCEL, nfsd4_shutdown_copy, nfsd4_cancel_copy_by_sb) raced the copy kthread: - find_async_copy() bumped copy->refcount but left the copy on clp->async_copies, so the reaper's cleanup_async_copy() could run release_copy_files() concurrently with a cancel/shutdown caller. Both put and NULL nf_src/nf_dst without a common lock, double-putting the nfsd_file and freeing it early. - nfsd4_do_async_copy() set NFSD4_COPY_F_STOPPED before its final uses of the copy (nfsd_update_cmtime_attr() on copy->nf_dst, nfsd4_send_cb_offload()). nfsd4_stop_copy() treats a set STOPPED bit as "kthread done, skip kthread_stop()", so a teardown caller ran release_copy_files() -- which puts and NULLs nf_dst -- while the kthread still dereferenced it (NULL/UAF). - copy->copy_task was never pinned. The one-shot kthread self-reaps on return, so kthread_stop()'s get_task_struct() could touch a freed task_struct. - co_cb is embedded in the copy, but nfsd4_send_cb_offload() held a reference only on the client, so a concurrent teardown could free the copy while the CB_OFFLOAD callback was in flight. Fix the teardown lifetime as a whole: - find_async_copy() unlinks the copy (clear cp_clp, list_del_init) under async_lock; the cancel, shutdown, and sb-cancel paths drop the list-membership reference via nfs4_put_copy() after nfsd4_stop_copy(). Drop the now-redundant list_del fixup from cleanup_async_copy(). - Because unlinking hides the copy from the reaper, its cleanup_async_copy() can no longer remove the copy's s2s_cp_stateids entry; the cancel/shutdown/sb-cancel paths now call nfs4_free_copy_state() themselves (while cp_clp is still valid) so the entry does not dangle at freed memory for the laundromat and manage_cpntf_state() to dereference. - Give the kthread its own reference, taken in nfsd4_copy() before wake_up_process() and dropped at the end of nfsd4_do_async_copy(); call wake_up_process() before list_add(). - Pin the task_struct with get_task_struct() in nfsd4_copy(), released in nfs4_put_copy(), so kthread_stop() is safe whenever the kthread exits. Set NFSD4_COPY_F_STOPPED only in nfsd4_stop_copy(), which now always kthread_stop()s before release_copy_files(); completion is still reported via NFSD4_COPY_F_COMPLETED, so nfsd4_has_active_async_copies() is unaffected. Each teardown caller removes the copy from clp->async_copies first, so kthread_stop() runs exactly once. - Take a copy reference in nfsd4_send_cb_offload(), dropped in nfsd4_cb_offload_release(). The kthread still holds its own reference there, so the refcount_inc() cannot race the final free. - Read cp_clp with smp_load_acquire() to pair with the unordered set_bit()/clear_bit() writers (Documentation/atomic_bitops.rst).

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:19:54.143000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:18:05.750000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:54.143",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:05.750",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfsd: fix UAF in async copy cancel and shutdown\n\nAn async copy could be freed or used after free while a teardown caller\n(OFFLOAD_CANCEL, nfsd4_shutdown_copy, nfsd4_cancel_copy_by_sb) raced the\ncopy kthread:\n\n  - find_async_copy() bumped copy->refcount but left the copy on\n    clp->async_copies, so the reaper's cleanup_async_copy() could run\n    release_copy_files() concurrently with a cancel/shutdown caller. Both\n    put and NULL nf_src/nf_dst without a common lock, double-putting the\n    nfsd_file and freeing it early.\n\n  - nfsd4_do_async_copy() set NFSD4_COPY_F_STOPPED before its final uses\n    of the copy (nfsd_update_cmtime_attr() on copy->nf_dst,\n    nfsd4_send_cb_offload()). nfsd4_stop_copy() treats a set STOPPED bit\n    as \"kthread done, skip kthread_stop()\", so a teardown caller ran\n    release_copy_files() -- which puts and NULLs nf_dst -- while the\n    kthread still dereferenced it (NULL/UAF).\n\n  - copy->copy_task was never pinned. The one-shot kthread self-reaps on\n    return, so kthread_stop()'s get_task_struct() could touch a freed\n    task_struct.\n\n  - co_cb is embedded in the copy, but nfsd4_send_cb_offload() held a\n    reference only on the client, so a concurrent teardown could free\n    the copy while the CB_OFFLOAD callback was in flight.\n\nFix the teardown lifetime as a whole:\n\n  - find_async_copy() unlinks the copy (clear cp_clp, list_del_init)\n    under async_lock; the cancel, shutdown, and sb-cancel paths drop the\n    list-membership reference via nfs4_put_copy() after nfsd4_stop_copy().\n    Drop the now-redundant list_del fixup from cleanup_async_copy().\n\n  - Because unlinking hides the copy from the reaper, its\n    cleanup_async_copy() can no longer remove the copy's s2s_cp_stateids\n    entry; the cancel/shutdown/sb-cancel paths now call\n    nfs4_free_copy_state() themselves (while cp_clp is still valid) so\n    the entry does not dangle at freed memory for the laundromat and\n    manage_cpntf_state() to dereference.\n\n  - Give the kthread its own reference, taken in nfsd4_copy() before\n    wake_up_process() and dropped at the end of nfsd4_do_async_copy();\n    call wake_up_process() before list_add().\n\n  - Pin the task_struct with get_task_struct() in nfsd4_copy(), released\n    in nfs4_put_copy(), so kthread_stop() is safe whenever the kthread\n    exits. Set NFSD4_COPY_F_STOPPED only in nfsd4_stop_copy(), which now\n    always kthread_stop()s before release_copy_files(); completion is\n    still reported via NFSD4_COPY_F_COMPLETED, so\n    nfsd4_has_active_async_copies() is unaffected. Each teardown caller\n    removes the copy from clp->async_copies first, so kthread_stop() runs\n    exactly once.\n\n  - Take a copy reference in nfsd4_send_cb_offload(), dropped in\n    nfsd4_cb_offload_release(). The kthread still holds its own reference\n    there, so the refcount_inc() cannot race the final free.\n\n  - Read cp_clp with smp_load_acquire() to pair with the unordered\n    set_bit()/clear_bit() writers (Documentation/atomic_bitops.rst)."
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